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The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08
The Awful Nanaimo Disaster.

VICTORIA, II. c., May The telegraph
wires between British Columbia and TIN.
South We're down yesterday. Last
nights kilograms from the CoioHiSts
Nanaimo correspondent states that lul
white men and - Chinese were III the
mine at the time of the explosion. Forty
seven women have been made widows
by the disaster and 1870 children orphaned.
Some Cinnamon refused to- place their
dead in collins, and had To be compelled
by the authorities to do 50. Many homes
are completely broken up. and the city Is
i'm sackcloth and ashes. The stores still
continue closed and little business Is
being done. Flags are at half mast.
All hope of saving the men now in the
mine has been abandoned. Ii is ALSO
lutely impossible that any can have sur
yived Most of the men were from
Cornwall. Yorkshire and Wales and a
few from Nova Scotia.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08
Mr.. Blaine and his Party.

ltNtti lttIhlhs
The New York SIM is acidulous in its
reference Ia an innocent remark IN the
Hernh that Mr. Blaine seems % be los
ing strength in his party. The remark
was based on considerable observation,
and We think il IN true. The Suns haste
in combating IL may account Tor the
course Of that somewhat efratic luni-
nary in lsSi Did IL really support But
Ter in the interest of Blainer In other
words. was there method in its madness:
We do not say that Mr.. Blaine N the
weakest candidate the Republicans could
nominate, though some Of the Repubh-
can organs say 10. We recognize the
fact that Mr.. Blame has strong points an
a candidate. # il true that lac repels the
independent voters who are In the habit
Of thinking for themselves; but who
else could appealso effectively 10 both
capital and labor, 10 Catholics and Pro
testants, 10 the rum power and the pro-
hibitionists; And who else is No mag
neticy We are 10y no means sure THAT
Mr.. Blaine would not get more votes than
any other candidate. Still We would not
advise the Republicans 20 nominate hiIn'
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08
4 Medical Plant.

Some time since during a hunting trip
i'm South Florida one of our party Was
afflicted with painful bnil. All our
simple remedies were of no avail. and We
sent for "A physician. He prescribed inter
nal and external remedies, but our friend
became worse. lie was thrown int"
hign fever and the boil thrnbbe'l with
pain day and night.
One of the good old mothers of the
community heard Of his suffering and
brought a plant which she declared was
a specific i'm all such cases. She took
leaf placed it on the warm stove until ii
wiltcd and gum exudcd freely. In
this condition it was put upon
the infiarsIe'l part which it s'"th-
ri in a wonderful. degree. Successiv-
applications relieved all pain and the pa
tient dropped into a refreshing sleep.
When the leaf is placed ON the healthy
skin it produces a most agreeable, COOLING
effect and sticks like a plaster.
During the past spring the writer "i
this saw it tried i'm the case of an aiNcees
i'm the groin. which had been pronounced
dangerous by the attending physician
and WAS fcarfuIly painful The sufferer
had not slept for fnrty-eiyht hours. but
WAS relieved a. speedily ~ in the other
ca,c. Another prescription 10y the same
old lady for the same case was mixture
of pin.. s.un and taIlow and the juice Of
the same plant as "A salve.
believing that the medicinal virtues of
the plant deserved further investigation
when it was found that its use
was common among the Semin"les
and the old mo1hers among the
country people. we brought specimen
To the eminent botanist. Dr. Schaiiranek
and begged for a scientific description
with the following result:
PALATKA, FLA, May :. 1881.
Mr.. Bcni. Harrison. EIit"r Palarka Daily Daily
News
My DEAR FRIENp:-The Pl;flt you
sent me for examination belongs
to the natural order COmB0siff.
Composite Family, AMI To the |. Sub-Or-
der called THtHIifOrc; Genus: irHicd.
| The name of tine species l., according I"
| Elliot: ntnficdaIiS and the scientific name
of th,. plant. therefore. i -irHicd H"'ti-
! cdHIiS. EU You can find this plant
nearly everywhere in Florida and north
| ward in wet pine barrens: even ON Pa
Iatka Heights you will find 1t in bloom
| 10y the middle of this month. The leaves
/ are hir-utc. spreading. oval or ohtuse,
/ thr,.. to five-rib!Scl. S..rrsIte or entire the
| flowers corvmIo>,.. snowy. heads many
| lowered. As the flowers and leavsr
| of the plant contain volatile eN-
| citant, irritant properties and tht
roots are of stimulfnt and tonic proper
ties. the whole plant has some medicinal
value. and NAV be found in the country
| amongst the house remedies. That - all
have, L. say With hest regards.
| Truly yours. DIR. \ SCHAFFRANEK-
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08
INTERLACHEN BOOMING.
\ New Canadian CoIony-Other Real E--
tate >aIes-Narious Notes

Correspondence ofthe I'dIdtkd NsICS.
INTERLACHEN. FLA. May :.
The winter has gone and the summer
has come and property is Just beginning
la change hands. More real estate has
been sold or hargained for in the past
two weeks than during the previous four
months. \ syndicate of Canadians have
just purchased half section of land
short distance from town and propose
dividing it up into small homesteads and
truck gardens for actual settlement
early the coming fall.
Mr.. \. Peterson. now residing in ST.
Paul. Mimi. but owner of one of the
largest and finest villas near here. has
just sold two tracts of twenty acres each
To- Minnesota parties who desire L. 80
tablish winter homes on them.
Mr.. +. III. Williams has Just contract
ed To clear off another block of ten acres
ON Canada Avenue. and plant it out in
oranges an! tropical fruits for Z. y. Jer-
dan. Esq. of Montreal.
other parties are now looking over
Lands near here with view To purchIs-
ing and improving them for their winter
residences but lo not wish names given
yet.
Mr. Bickforls has a force of laborers
at work clearing away the debris from
the burnt district with a view 1" rebuild
ing a. soon as possible. Several citiz' nS
have requested him Ia erect a public hall
over the new business block and some
have proposed To- take stock in the enter
prise while others propose subscription
toward the expense.
\ public hall j. needed and must be
secured before next winter on some
plan.
Rumor has it that a Gentleman from
Ohio. now here. has verbally closed a con
tract for the purchase of several lots and
small tracts within the proper town linn
its for about twenty Ohio families who
want Winter Homes i'm Summer
Land" don't mention it yet it might
spoil trade.
The .Mannvillc Cornctt Band" made
surprise visit to Intrrlachen. last night.
They treated severa, citizens To a SIRE
made that was fully appreciatcd-though
organized only "A few months they render
some pieces i'm excellent taste.
Mr.. j. Smart has sold his new unfin-
ished house to- Mr.. Hastings, Mr.. g. w.
Hastings has also purchased the new
cottage from Chas. kohler.
Mr.. Mtrriman's residence Is nearly
completed. and hc ha- moved in with
his family.
Francis * Long have a large number
of hands at work ON the Lands sold Ia the
Boston syndicate. cl.-aning and fencing.
planting in fruits. shruhb"ry, etc. Tliey
also employ many men and horses cul-
tivating the several large groves AL ia
cent to Interlachen.
DIR. Whipp ha, enlarged his store
room to nearly double its former capac-
ity keeps arctic saltwater on draught.
ami has laid in Il large stock of paints and
fancy goods. which Is No Indication of
dull times
\ cracker brought in Il large black
bear skin last week, and SOLD IL to our
merchant. VI. ID. Steele. lie says he
shot the fellow out near the Ocklawaha.
Our public school CLOSES next week.
when YOU may hear more from
OMNIBUS.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08
a Volcanic ERUPTION in Sonora.

NoGALEs, a. T., May 7.-Parties from
Sonora report a volcano 81 miles south
east of Magdelene and that it is throwing
out volumes of smoke and lava.
From the position of the fire, which Is
distinctly seen from several stations ON
the Sonora Railway, it is supposed to be
the Sierra Azal Mountains. The re-
ported volcano in the MILESTONE Noun
tains is a timber fire in the mountains
There is much excitement in the vicinity
of the mountains, and a large party will
leave here tomorrow to visit the place.
Another earthquake shock was felt here
last night, but no damage is done.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08
They AppeaIed to "A Higher Court.

NOGALEs, y. T., May 7.-RegarlinS
the execution of the Mexican military
prisoners, sentenced To be- shot for crca-
ting trouble near here, some time ago,
Gov. Torres telegraphed j. j. Chatham
Military prisoners have applied To
higher military court of justice in
Mexico for appeal of their sentence.
Case has to be- sent there.
(Signen LOUIS F.. TORRES.
This telegram is III answer to a private
message. The prisoners made the appli-
cation just in time to prevent the execu-
ton. The higher court means the Presi-
dent and the Secretary of Military. The
prisoners are confined in the prison at
Guaymas and are separated, each one
being in close confinement. This action
means "A death sentence.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08

Wichita. Kansas. i, a booming town.
,av. "A recent visitor. They are having
a great time giving bonuses to colleges
To locate there. Only Just before left
they had located the Baptist College.
The North End and the South End has
been fighting for it a long time. The
South End finally won. They gave it
30 acres of land, and. well, in all it
amounted to S3l1 900. Hou see this col
Icge builds right in the center and then
LAYS its ground out into lots ali around
it. and thus builds up cluster, town
all about il. That's the way Wichita II
building. Now, these are all in the sub
urbs. you might say, and between these
and the town proper there are gaps.
which will all the readier I'LL up.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08
Beer aud Music.


Beer and music.
That j. the keynote If "A new crusade.
And il was sounded IN AN editorial M
der that title ia the Herah Yesterday.
IL j. echoing over the metropolis and
has been taken up as "A SORT Of battle
cry by societies and proprietors 81 rep
utable music halls, as wei a. endorsed
by thousands of respectable citizens
throughout the city.
There IL a mighty shout from the Bat
terry to Harlem against the. iron-handed
enforcement Of what have. been aptiy
called .Puritanical blue laws in the me
tropolis Of America.
Happily an anti-blue law movement
that promises to develop into powerful
dimensions has sprung up, and its thous-
ands Of supporters hope To SCENE the r.
peal or to amend the ''obnoxio,is mea.
ures that at present curtail individus
freedom and prevent the enjoyment OF
those twin pleasures. beer and music, 30
dear to every German or German-Amer-
lean heart.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08
Another Gang of Tram Robbers

CHICAGO, May THE Rock Island
Railway has discovered and located n
train robber organization in the town of
Lake, from which the road has suffered
heavy losses during several months. The
thieves took anything they found, from
grain To general merchandise When a
raid was made upon them by the officers
they We're stealing hides. They We're
equally ready to shoot as to steal, and
one officer was badly hurt. Two of the
gang are to-day in custody. One known
accomplice is still at liberty. They are
professional thieves and not in the em
ploy of the railroad
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08

THE PAIATKA DAILY NEWS has gone
at one bound into the front rank of daily
papers. Ii il crisp, lively, wide awake,
and its editor. Judge Harrison. knows
how ~ load his. guns with solid
shot and hit the bulls eye every
time. Keen. polished wit, solid rea-
soning and full facilities for OBJ
tanning all news. commercial, social anu
political, make the paper one worthy 81
every mans subscription. At present u
H. doing effective work 10 secure Tor the
State in the person Of Gov. Perry first
class senator yet it lays down plat
form of perfect impartiality az an organ
to express the popular VIII
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08
Second Southern Bessemer steel Mil.

CHATTANOOGA. Tenn, May =. The
Roane Iron Company commenced opera
tions in this city to-day with its steel
mill. 1t is the largest Bessemer steel
plant ever built in the South, the invest
ment representing one million dollars.
1t starts with a capacity of two hundred
and fifty tons of steel per day AMI enl-
ploys over six hundred hands. Two Bes-
semer steel mills are now in operation
at Chattanooga, the only ones III the
South.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08
How ibout Florida

FFIiIIaI w T-NtU.' -''7tIE'7IIVI'
The editor of the Lincoln paper re-
Gently received "A letter from young
graduate of an eastern college asking for
a position He began his letter by say
ing: You may be surprised that L
should IL. willing 10 leave civilization
and 90 out West The eslitor replied
that h.. wasn't a bit surprised: the
number of fools in the East was getting
to he 50 great that they naturally
thought of emigrating To some place
where there were not 50 many.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08
Detrnif Evening .Innrn..I SoIi

DETROIT, Mich, May THE EreniH9
journal, to-day, announces its sale to
w. III. Brearly, formerly of the Detroit
Ereliing Ne,rs. The sale is made on ac-
count of the failing health of VIM. Liv-
Journal Company. Mr.. Brearly will as
sumo control, May IA, and intends at
the end of each year, to divide the per
centage of profits among his employees
i'm addition to the usual salaries
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08
Liner In Collision.

WASHINGTON, May "A private dis
patch from Havre announces that the
French steamer La Champagne which
sailed from Havre for New York, to-day,
was in collision after leaving Havre.
No particulars have been received fur
ther than that all the cabin passengers
are safe. La Champagne is one of the
largest and finest of the ocean liners, a
new vessel of the Transatlantic line re-
Gently established by French capital
She was built entirely in France.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08
Perry for the senate.

The Times Union is convinced that tile
Legislature will not heed the voice Of
the people." Perhaps our Representa-
tives are ol@lurate because they identify
the bray of Jones a. il proceeds from un-
der the lions skin.-PALATKA NEWS.
Perhaps, too. they see the need Of elect
ing a man who will labor with SENATOR
Call in the interst Of the people, and not
Of the railroads.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08
LATEST Ii. n d. STORY.
Alleged New Deal to Bring the Road into
New York.


NEW YORK, MAY 1--The interest in
the Baltimore and Ohio deal has been re-
vived by the story that "A meeting of the
Baltimore and Ohio directors will soon
be held at which the resignation of sew
erai of the pr,-st:ss directors will be re-
ceived and their places filled 10y MEM
bers chosen by the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and DAYTON, Lake Erie ami Western,
and the Richmond Terminal Companies.
There is some hitch in regard to the
Louisville. New Albany and Chicago
and another road Joining the system
but, outside of this the plan Is said To he
complete for the use of the Baltimore
and Ohio as a through line to Philadel-
phia and thence to- New York as soon as
an extension can be built. Several di-
rectors of the roads Named have been
questioned in regard to the story and
they admit that it Is practically true but
that the minor details have not Yet been
arranged.
Robert Garrett. G.. +. Brice Samuel
Thomas, Henry ). Ives. George /. Seney,
Alfred Sully and George Il Staynor are
mentioned as among the members of the
syndicate buying the control of the road
but it is said that some of them will only
have a slight interest in it.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08

Jdck~onViIIc IraIit JOurnaI.
No paper in the State has risen - rap
IDLY in public favor a. THE PALATkA
News. IL Is fearless in it, tone and m
spires the confidence of all good citizens.
Ii is received every morning with the
other daily newspapers of jacksonville
reaching here on the early train TIE
NEWS i q COrker.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08
No Injury to Railroads.

Every section of South Florida wants
"A railroad or more railroads. Then those
places certainly do not want to advocate
any measure that will have "a tendency
tu discourage railroad building and make
IL fuprofitahlt.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08
False Friends.
Galveston News.

The business of pOrtraving Mr. Cleve-
land as a reformer and a man better than
his party, should BE- left exclusively to
the mugwump organs. Ii makes the
fraud too obvious when both pretensIonS
are put forward in the columns of the
same paper.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08
Now Strawberry Growers Smile.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, May The
Southern Express Company and ialtI-
more and Ohio Express Company, i'm
competing for strawberry shipments
from Chattanooga To the North, have
commenced a warfare and the rates are
b-ing slashed by both and have been re-
duced over 30 per cent. already. Chat
tanooga fruit growers are reaping the
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08
Millionaire SingerIy's Recipe.

The only way to abolish poverty Il to
dig for Yourself. or tO get some one to
dig for YOU whose work il worth more
than his Mages.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08
GeneraI Agreement ON Temperance.

The tendency of the temperance re-
form of to-day Is unquestiOnably in the
direction of high license as more prac-
ticable than the attempts AT prohibition
and far better tor society than the pre-
vailing system of promiscuous licensing.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08
Economy i'm the II ousehold.

NeW 4 Ork sum
Il have a bit of good news for you-
JOHN said a fond young wife.
Yes remarked John. expectantly.
Yes. You remember that two weeks
ago hot house grapes were quoted at 81
a pound? Well, | bought some to-day
for $6.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08

The Interstate Commerce Commission.
PITTsBURG. May Judge Schoonma-
kcr, of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission. passed through here, to-day, en-
route to- his home in New York. While
at the depot he was surrounded by busi-
ness men who poured complaints into his
ears and freely rendered him advice.
He said that while he was at Memphis.
Tenn, the Commission had taken 200
pages of testimony, embracing all the
Southern roads. The preponderance of
this testimony favored the continuation
of the suspension of the long and short
haul clause.
The members of the commission have
all gone to their homes, but will meet
again in Washington ON the 10th inst.
Commissioner Walker, of Vermont, was
reported quite i'll.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08
No End of Trouble about Miss Bazain"-

No End of Trouble about Miss BaZainr.
CITY OF MEXICO, May Two clIal-
lenges have passed as a result of trouble
about Miss Bazaine. the French eN-NIar-
shal's beautiful daughter. In both eases
the seconds have AL juste,l the differences
without hostile meetings.
The members of the Casino Club. how
ever, adopted resolution expelling the.
Spanish Minister. .Senor Norrclro ArmeSto
from the clubs. There is an element of
the Spanish colony outside of the Casino
Club, who sustain the Minister. They
say a young Englishman named Barron.
when told that his dancing ''Iinston
with Miss Bazaine was 'can-canning-
considered the. lady insulted and pitched
into the office of the club. He was
threatened with expulsion from the club
under the escort of a policeman. He ap-
pealed to the Spanish minister and the
latter took part against the club manage
ment.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08

Apalachicola is bound To grow. no mat
ter what is said to the contrary The
healthy condition of the real estate mar
ket tells the tale.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08
AN ANARCHIST PUT TO WORK
Paul Grottkan, of Milwaukee, Sentenced
tn u Year at Hard Labor.

raul GrOttkan, OI MILWAUKEE,, Srntrbttt
tn u Year at Hard Labor.
MILWAUKEE, WIS.,, May Paul Croft
kan, the Anarchist, who made incendi-
AIRY speeches at the Milwaukee Garden
last May, was this morning sentenced to
one year at hard labor in the House of
Correction, by Judge Sloan Grottkan
will be held at the county Jail for a
week, in order to allow his attorneys To
appeal to the Supreme Court for
a new trial on writ of
error. At the end of that tim9
he will be taken to the House of Correc-
ton, should the Supreme Court refuse a
stay of proceedings Mrs. Parsons, the
wife of the condemned Chicago Anarch-
list, was present when the sentence was
pronounced. The court room was
packed with spectators, who manifested
great interest in the case.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-08

Roger Lynn Pearson, managing edl-
tor of the Boston Herald is in the city.
CHOATE.
, 1887-06-02
Draining the MILK Cans.

Tho hundreds of big tin cans which come to
the city before davbreak filled with milk and
cream are returned TO the milk yards Of the
railroads before 10 O'Clock each morning. 1t
is the popular impression that the milkman
makes IA little milk go as far as possible, mas
much aS the fluid often bears prima facie evi-
dence OF having been stretched" by the lib
eral use Of water. There are certain class
of people, however, who have much faith in
the mikman. They are the poor women and
children who live in the squalid districts
lying on either side Of the great railroad
tracks. They come 10 the milk yards" every
morning as soon as the milkmen have ne
turned their cans and with pitchers and pals
dreg the cans Of their last drop. From these
thousands Uf cans the poor people squeeze" d
gallon or more of milk. Who knows but
this fpid, thus extracted. is nourisbinc sn
embryo stssesmsat t-ChicaSo Herald.
, 1887-06-02
THE GOVERNORS RESIDENCE.

or Blackburn. IN this building, which Gov
ernor !, Proctor Knott will vacate the first
day of next September, win reside for the
-four succeeding years Gen. Simon Bolivar
Buckner, vino surrendered the Confederate
army at Fort Dunelson, and whose nomina-
tion by the Democratic party Tor governor
of Kentucky assures his election and here
viii the young wife Of the lutter. a native OF
Virginia. whose gen"plnrv is traced TO Nor
man knight under Wt.iam the Couqueror,
preside with the grace ana elegance OF II lady
of the old Dominion school, in which beauty
and refinement are the essential attributes.
W. II. N, JR.
, 1887-06-02

the church. He married young and
beautiful woman, and had lived with
her happily for several years, when
their relation was brought to n sudden
end. One Sunday afternoon in the month
above mentioned, young Cannon arose in the
pulpit of tho tabernacle before a thousand
people, and confessed to having been guilty of
the crime of adultery. He was Immediately
excommunicated from the church, and ac-
cording to the Mormon belief he will be con
demned to an eternal hell. This little Incl
dent put a damper upon the elder Cannon for
n while, but he is now as ofiicious as ever,
and there Is never communication from
the leaders to the people which does not bear
his signature. j. +. GAME.